Post-show neck stiffness
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10:48:54 am on January 29, 2007 | # |
Jesus, it’s been two days now and my neck is still sore from the Tre Orsi show at Secret Headquarters on Saturday. Before we played, I was more nervous than I’ve ever been before a show, and I over-compensated by drinking a bit too much while cramming the hastily-written lyrics into my brain. I had already downed a 24oz Corona at practice that afternoon, and was three St. Arnolds into the night when Flemmons offered to buy me a shot of tequila.
I watched almost all of Handbrake’s set, and felt a little dumb watching these really great guitar players do some mind-boggling stuff. I guess they’re like a slightly poppy Tank Tank — shit, I dunno. I really enjoyed it, though, and hopefully we’ll play some more shows together.
So, when it finally came time to play, I was functional, but just loose enough to get tripped up due to the low light and frigid cold of Secret Headquarters. I tuned my guitar twice before we started, but it went violently sour in between the last tweak and the beginning of the set. The first song was rocky, but we basically found our pace by the next song and ended up having a pretty good time.
Still, though, I woke up at 4:45 AM (after skipping out on the insanity of the Baptist Generals/Shiny house party) and couldn’t get back to sleep. Instead, I watched a few episodes of “The Sopranos” and converted the band web site to use Wordpress. At least I did something kind of productive.
Two more shows this week, in Austin and Denton with the Paper Chase, then two shows with Hogpig after SXSW. Should be fun. At least we won’t be playing last.
